Note: Recorded during the Working On A Dream sessions, but not released on the album. The end of the song includes a brief interpolation of "Baby Blue" by Gene Vincent and Bobby Jones. Video was streamed on brucespringsteen.net in October 2008, and was included on the bonus DVD of the deluxe version of the album and as an iTunes-only download bonus track. The audio was also included as a Record Store Day limited edition 7-inch b-side to "What Love Can Do" on April 18, 2009.
| GOOD EYE - V1 |
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| GOOD EYE - V2 |
3:01 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed, completed 2008.
| KINGDOM OF DAYS V1a |
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| KINGDOM OF DAYS V1b |
4:02 |
DREAM |
Note: Written and recorded, during a session in New York City, some time between summer 2007 and fall 2008. Max Weinberg recalls that the base track for this song was recorded on the same day as "My Lucky Day", which may indicate that the full band played on it together in the studio. Eddie Horst contributes a string arrangement, which was overdubbed later.
| LIFE ITSELF - V1 |
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| LIFE ITSELF - V2 |
4:00 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic, and demoed before sessions completed.
| MY LUCKY DAY - V1 |
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| MY LUCKY DAY - V2a |
4:01 |
DREAM |
| MY LUCKY DAY - V2b |
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Guitar Hero World Tour |
Note: Written in June, 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic, and demoed before sessions completed. Album version completed in summer 2008; unlike most of the album, it was recorded with the full band playing together in the studio, most likely at a studio in New York City. Released as the second single ahead of Working On A Dream on December 1, 2008. One of two songs, along with "Born To Run", made available as downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour on January 29, 2009.
Note: "Outlaw Pete" was written some time between summer 2007 and fall 2008 and recorded in several parts, most likely at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta. Features Soozie Tyrell on violin, Patrick Warren on keyboards, and strings and horns arranged by Eddie Horst. The song was later adapted into a book by Springsteen and illustrator Frank Caruso, published on November 4, 2014.
| QUEEN OF THE SUPERMARKET |
4:40 |
DREAM |
Note: "Queen Of The Supermarket" was written and recorded sometime between summer 2007 and fall 2008, most likely at Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, GA.
| SURPRISE, SURPRISE V1a |
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| SURPRISE, SURPRISE V1b |
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| SURPRISE, SURPRISE V1c |
3:24 |
DREAM |
Note: Written and recorded some time between summer 2007 and fall 2008, most likely at Southern Tracks, Atlanta. Eddie Horst contributes a string arrangement, which was overdubbed later.
| THE LAST CARNIVAL |
3:11 |
DREAM |
Note: "The Last Carnival" was written in late 2008; Springsteen brought the song to the studio in fall 2008, during the mixing stage of Working On A Dream. Jason Federici (Danny's son) contributes accordion.
Note: Written at the request of Mickey Rourke for his film The Wrestler, debuted August 2008 at the Venice International Film Festival. Features Springsteen on all instruments. V1a is the version included on the Working On A Dream album, released as a single December 16, 2008. V1b is on a US-only 1-track promotional CDR in slimline jewel case without artwork, issued exclusively to Academy Award voters by film distributors "Fox Searchlight Pictures" for consideration in the "Best Original Song" category. This rare disc exclusively contains the full, unedited 5:20 version with longer intro and intact piano coda, which was omitted for the song's widespread release as a "bonus track" on the album. Some copies feature a misprint of "For Your Consiceration".
| THIS LIFE - V1 |
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| THIS LIFE - V2 |
4:30 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed. Features Patrick Warren on piano.
| TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS - V1 |
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| TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS - V2 |
2:14 |
DREAM |
Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed. Features Patrick Warren on keyboards, as well as a string and horn arrangement by Eddie Horst.
| WHAT LOVE CAN DO - V1a |
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| WHAT LOVE CAN DO - V1b |
2:57 |
DREAM |
Note: The first song written for Working On A Dream, in June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic. A demo was recorded before the Magic sessions were over, and the song was completed in summer 2008, using Bruce's original vocal and acoustic guitar track from the demo. Released as a single April 18, 2009 to commemorate the 2009 "Record Store Day" (an annual campaign supporting independent record dealers), limited to 2,500 copies.
Note: "Working On A Dream" was written and recorded some time between summer 2007 and fall 2008, most likely at Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta. Premiered November 2, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio at a Barack Obama election rally, and released November 21 as Working On A Dream's first single. Winner of the 2010 Grammy Award for "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance".
